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German Baptist

German Baptist

RAZED

German Baptist

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301 Edgar St
Evansville, IN

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c1850 built
<1962 razed

Location

Northeast corner of Franklin and Edgar
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Latitude: 37.980401
Longitude: -87.571643
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german baptist, first german baptist ne corner franklin and edgar [1870]-[1879] organized 1856 still around 1910 95 German Baptist Church Baptist NE Corner of Edgar & Franklin 1870 - 1879 74 First German Baptist Baptist Corner of Edgar and Franklin Streets 1871 - 1903 1st german baptist 1895-48 german baptist church 2nd 1910-32 behind central me renamed to 2nd when lamasco and evansville merged? switched to english and renamed North Side Baptist apr 1918 in response to germany and WWI still around 1921? disbanded and merged with Calvary Baptist 1919 calvary opened grace baptist as mission and most joined the new church bought by central ME 1920 for sunday school? law suit 1924 over ownership of building eventually granted to grace bapt top story lopped off moved jul 1924 to nevada (florida) and garvin planned to be converted to bungalow protested move moved? torn down c1925 after congregation dissolved later central ME gymnasium


See also

HistoricEvansville.com: Churches / Religion
HistoricEvansville.com: district

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